diff --git a/drivers/net/can/slcan.c b/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
index acb5b92ace92da17f55a5d892e90e7d7530a1952..c837eb91d43e306304d1a1347a8d8f9ada6cb02f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@
 #include <linux/can.h>
 #include <linux/can/skb.h>
 
-static __initconst const char banner[] =
-	KERN_INFO "slcan: serial line CAN interface driver\n";
-
 MODULE_ALIAS_LDISC(N_SLCAN);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("serial line CAN interface");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -702,8 +699,8 @@ static int __init slcan_init(void)
 	if (maxdev < 4)
 		maxdev = 4; /* Sanity */
 
-	printk(banner);
-	printk(KERN_INFO "slcan: %d dynamic interface channels.\n", maxdev);
+	pr_info("slcan: serial line CAN interface driver\n");
+	pr_info("slcan: %d dynamic interface channels.\n", maxdev);
 
 	slcan_devs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct net_device *)*maxdev, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!slcan_devs)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/vcan.c b/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
index 4e94057ef5cf55df4600496d38b5fce433f851b4..674f367087c54ac168d2c0283b1361a1c98d3696 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
 
-static __initconst const char banner[] =
-	KERN_INFO "vcan: Virtual CAN interface driver\n";
-
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("virtual CAN interface");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Urs Thuermann <urs.thuermann@volkswagen.de>");
@@ -173,7 +170,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops vcan_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 
 static __init int vcan_init_module(void)
 {
-	printk(banner);
+	pr_info("vcan: Virtual CAN interface driver\n");
 
 	if (echo)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "vcan: enabled echo on driver level.\n");